FITCHBURG, Mass -- The Buccaneers traveled to Fitchburg on Wednesday to close out their three-game conference series with the Falcons. Having lost the first two games of the series, Maritime needed to get back in the drivers seat and they did just that, winning the game 8-6.

The Basics

Final: Buccaneers 8, Falcons 6

Records: Maritime 17-15 (9-11)

               Fitchburg 8-23 (6-13)

On the Mound

Maritime: Jack O'Rourke (W, 2-2): 7 IP | 8 H | 5 R | 5 ER | 2 BB | 6 K

                Mike Campbell (Sv, 1): 2 IP | 2 H | 1 R | 1 ER | 1 BB | 4 K

Fitchburg: Nolan Kerkeley (L, 1-4): 3.2 IP | 8 H | 8 R | 4 ER | 3 BB | 0 K

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• Colsen Loughren had three hits in the game. Michael Logiudice and Aidan McCarthy recorded two hits. Jake Duffy, Nate Kaczynski, Damon White, Brayden Ramsey, and Jason Bouffard each had one hit.
• Logiudice and Ramsey hit home runs in the game, the first of their careers. White added a double.
• Loughren and Ramsey drove in two runs apiece, and Logiudice and White drove in one each.
• Logiudice and McCarthy scored twice, and Kaczynski, Loughren, Ramsey, and Costa Beechin all scored once.
• Duffy, Kaczynski, and McCarthy all had a stolen base in the win.

Fitchburg

• Tyler Fonck, Joe Abt, Michael Cooper, and Brady Campbell all had two hits for the Falcons. Maxwell Riorden and Benjamin Forbes each had one hit.
• Campbell hit a home run for the hosts, and Fonck, Abt, Riordan, and Campbell all recorded a double.
• Campbell drove in three runs in the loss. Abt knocked in two, and Forbed drove in one.
• Fonck scored twice in the game, and four other Falcons scored once.

How It Happened

In the top of the first inning, Logiudice homered to left field to give the Buccaneers a 1-0 lead and record his first-career home run.

In the top of the second, Ramsey followed suit, hitting his first-career home run to left field, driving in two runs. The Bucs' lead was up to 3-0. In the bottom of the frame, Forbed drove in a run for the Falcons to get them on the board, 3-1. Later in the inning, Campbell hit a three-run home run for the hosts and gave Fitchburg a lead in the second inning, 4-3.

Maritime answered in the top of the third inning, tying the game on a Loughren single that scored McCarthy. The teams were tied, 4-4, after three.

The Bucs offense exploded for four runs in the top of the fourth inning to retake the lead and extend it to four runs, 8-4. Beechin scored first on a Falcons error to give the Bucs the 5-4 lead. Then, White hit a sacrifice fly, Kaczynski scored one a double steal, and Loughren drove in McCarthy to run the score to 8-4.

The fifth, sixth, and seventh were uneventful with no runs scored. In the eighth, Fitchburg scored once on an Abt single to drive in Fonck and pull the Falcons back within three runs, 8-5. 

With the Bucs up three in the ninth, the Falcons tried to rally, getting multiple runners on base and scoring one run on an Abt double that scored Fonck. Abt was stranded at second base, and the Buccaneers earned the victory, 8-6. 

What's Next

Maritime is on the road at MCLA on Friday to open a three-game conference series with the Trailblazers in North Adams, MA, at 3 pm.